CONSTITUTION 



BY-LAWS 



NEW lEfiSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



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CONSTITUTION 



BY-LAWS 



IW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



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NEWARK, N. J.: 

Printed i:v Ward i^ Tichenor, 832 & 834 Broad Street. 

1897. 



AN ACTJO INCORPORATE THE NEW JERSEY 
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

Whereas the persons herein after named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an association, under the 
name and title of "the New Jersey Historical Society," 
the object of which society is " to discover, procure and 
preserve whatever relates to any department of the his- 
tory of New Jersey, natural, civil, literary, or ecclesiasti- 
cal, and generally of other portions of the United 
States ;" and whereas the said society has, by its execu- 
tive committee, presented a memorial to the legislature, 
praying for an act of incorporation, that the purposes of 
said society may be the more effectually subserved — 
therefore, 

I. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assem- 
bly of the State of New Jersey, That Daniel V, McLean^ 
Peter D Vroom, Eli F. Cooley, Amzi C. McLean, Rich- 
ard S. Field, Stacy G. Potts, Henry W. Green, Aaron A. 
Marcelus, Nicholas Murray, William P. Robeson, Wil- 
liam B. Kinney, Thomas Gordon, James T. Sherman, 
William A. Whitehead, George W. Doane, and their 
associates, who now are, and such other persons as shall 
hereafter become members of the said society, shall be, 
and are hereby ordained, constituted, and declared a 
body corporate and politic, by the name of '• the New 
Jersey Historical Society " ; and that, by that name., they 
and their successors for ever hereafter shall and may 
have succession, and, by the same name, be capable in 
law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer 
and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all 
courts of law and equity, in all manner of actions, suits, 



complaints, and matters whatsoever ; and that they and 
their successors may have a common seal, and the same 
break, alter, change and renew at their pleasure ; and, 
by the same, shall be for ever hereafter capable in law to 
purchase, take, hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and 
their successors, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, 
goods, chattels, or estate, real or personal, of whatever 
nature or quality, in fee simple, for life or lives, or for 
years, or in any other manner whatsoever ; provided 
always, that the yearly income or value of the said real 
or personal estate, or both, do not at any time exceed 
the sum of two thousand dollars. 

2. And be it enacted. That they and their successors 
shall, by the same name, have power and authority to 
give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, and convey to 
others the whole or any part of such real or personal es- 
tate, on such terms and in such manner and form as the 
said society may deem eligible to subserve and promote 
the purposes and design of said society ; and that they 
and their successors shall have power, from time to time, 
to abolish any of the offices or appointments herein after 
mentioned, and create others in their room, with such 
powers and duties as they may think fit to confer and 
prescribe, and shall have power, from time to time, to 
make, constitute, and ordain such constitution, by-laws, 
ordinances, and regulations as they shall judge proper for 
the election of officers, the election and admission of new 
members, for the government and regulation of the 
officers and members, for fixing the times and places of 
the meetings of the said corporation, and the same, from 
time to time, to alter, change, repeal, revoke, and annul, 
at their pleasure ; and that the constitution and by-laws, 
rules and regulations, of the society heretofore made and 
adopted, and now existing, shall and may remain in 



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force until altered or repealed by the said corporation ; 
provided, that such by-laws and constitution, made, or to 
be made, by the said corporation, shall not be repugnant 
to the constitution and laws of the United States or of 
this State. 

3. And be it enacted. That this act shall be, and is 
hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be construed 
most favorably to promote the purposes and designs of 
the said society ; and that no misnomer of the said cor- 
poration, in any deed, will, testament, gift, grant, demise 
or other instrument of contract or conveyance, shall 
vitiate or defeat the same ; provided the said corporation 
shall be sufificiently described to show the intention of 
the parties. 

4. And be it enacted. That this act shall be and 
remain in full force until the year of our Lord one thous- 
and nine hundred ; provided nevertheless, that in case 
the aforesaid society shall at any time appropriate their, 
or any part of their funds to any purpose or purposes 
other than those contemplated by this act, and shall be 
thereof convicted by due course of law, that thenceforth 
the said corporation shall cease and determine, and the 
estate, real and personal, whereof it may be seized and 
possessed shall vest in the people of this State. 

Approved, February 6, 1846. 

A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act 

TO INCORPORATE THE NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL 

Society." 
I. Be IT ENACTED by the Senate and General As- 
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That no state, 
county, city, ward, township or other public assessments, 
taxes or charges whatsoever, shall at any time be levied 
or imposed upon the said society, or upon the stocks, 



estates, lands or tenements which have become or may 
become vested in them by virtue of the act by which 
they were incorporated, so long as said society shall ap- 
propriate and use the whole of their income to promote 
the objects set forth in the said act of incorporation ; 
provided always, that the yearly income of the said real 
or personal estate, or both, do not at any one time ex- 
ceed the sum of five thousand dollars. 
Approved, March 6, 1856. 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE 
CHARTERS OF LITERARY, HISTORICAL, GENEA- 
LOGICAL, LIBRARY OR SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, 
INCORPORATED BY OR UNDER ANY LAW OF 

THIS State. 

I. Be IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assem- 
bly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful 
for any literary, historical, genealogical, library or 
scientific society heretofore or hereafter created under or 
by virtue of any law of this state, to adopt a resolution 
at the regular annual meeting of such society, declaring 
that it is the desire and purpose of such society to extend 
its charter beyond the time limited in the act or certifi- 
cate of incorporation of such society, which resolution 
shall also specify the term for which such society desires 
and proposes that its charter shall be extended, not ex- 
ceeding fifty years from and beyond the time limited as 
aforesaid ; and whenever a copy of such resolution, cer- 
tified under the hand of its president, and under its com- 
mon seal, attested by its recording secretary, shall be 
filed in the ofifice of the secretary of state of this state, 
the charter of such society shall thereupon and thereby 
be extended for and during the term specified in such 
resolution. 

Approved March 10, 1893. 



Whereas, The New Jersey Historical Society was 
incorporated by act of the Legislature, approved Febru- 
ary 6 1846, and in and by such act of incorporation it 
was provided that said act should be and remain in force 
until the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred ; 
AND WHEREAS, by an act entitled -An Act author- 
izing the extension of the charters of literary, historical, 
genealogical, library and scientific societies, incorporated 
by or under the laws of this State," approved March 10, 
1893, it is provided : " That it shall be lawful for any 
literary, historical, genealogical, Hbrary or scientific so- 
ciety heretofore or hereafter created under or by virtue 
of any law of this state, to adopt a ^^ "^;°" f ^^^^ 
regular annual meeting of such society, declaring that t 
is The desire and purpose of such society to extend is 
charter beyond the time limited in the act or certificate 
of incorporation of such society, which resolution shall 
also specify the term for which such society desires and 
ptposes that its charter shall be extended, not exceed- 
ing fifty years from and beyond the time limited as 

aforesaid," . 

RESOLVED, That The New Jersey Histoncal Soc.ety, 
incorporated by act of the Legislature of th>s State 
approved February sixth, one thousand e.ght hundred 
and torty.six, hereby declares that it rs the des.re and 
purpose of uch Society to extend its charter for the 
term of f^fty years from and beyond the t.me hm.ted m 
the act of incorporation of such Society. 

RESOLVED, That a copy of the foregoing resolution 
cerUBed und r the hand of the President ; and under the 
Tommon seal of the Society attested ^Y the Re<:ora.ng 
Secretary, shall be filed in the office o t^e Secretary ot 
State of this State, to the end that the charter of th.s 
lociety shall be extended for the term of f^fty years from 



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and beyond the time limited in its charter as aforesaid. 
Attested : 

Ernest E. Coe, S. H Pennington, 

Recording Secretary. President, [L. S.] 

Endorsed, " Filed June 5, 1894, 

Henry C Kelsey, 

Secretary of Stated 



STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 

department of state. 

I, Alexander H. Rickey, Assistant Secretary of 
State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby Certify, that 
the foregoing is a true copy of Certificate of Extension 
of Charter of The New Jersey Historical Society, and 
the endorsement thereon as the same is taken from and 
compared with the original filed in the office of the 
Secretary of State on the 5th day of June, A.D., 1894, 
and now remaining on file therein. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand 

and affixed my Official Seal, at Trenton, this fourth 

day of February, A.D., 1897, 

A. H. Rickey, 

[Seal.] Assistant Secretary of State. 



The Committee appointed at the meeting of the New 
Jersey Historical Society, held at Trenton on Tuesday, 
January 26, 1897, to revise the Constitution and By- 
Laws of the Society, report and recommend the follow- 
ing : 



CONSTITUTION. 

Article I. 
This Society shall be called the New Jersey Historical 
Society, and shall be located in the city of Newark. Its 
object shall be to discover, procure, and preserve what- 
ever relates to any department of the history of New 
Jersey, natural, civil, literary or ecclesiastical, and gener- 
ally of other portions of the United States. 

Article II. 
This Society shall consist of Life, Contributing, Cor- 
responding and Honorary Members and Patrons. Life 
and Contributing Members and Patrons only shall be 
entitled to vote and hold ofifice. Residents of New 
Jersey shall not be elected Corresponding Members. 
Not more than five Honorary Members shall be elected 
in any one year. 

Article III. 
The Of^cers of this Society shall be a President, First, 
Second and Third Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding 
Secretary, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall 
be, ex officio, Members of the Board of Trustees. The 
Of^cers shall be elected by the Board of Trustees, with- 
in thirty days after each Annual Meeting, and shall hold 
ofifice until their successors are elected. The Board of 
Trustees shall fill vacancies. 



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Article IV. 
At the next Annual Meeting there shall be elected 
fifteen Trustees, five to serve one year, five to serve two 
years and five to serve three years, or until their success- 
ors are elected, and thereafter, at each Annual Meeting, 
five Trustees shall be elected, to serve for three years, or 
until their successors are elected. Upon the death, 
resignation, refusal to act, or cessation of membership in 
the Society, of any Trustee, or the election of a Trustee 
to any other Of^ce in the Society, or the unexcused 
failure, of any Trustee, to attend four successive regular 
Meetings of the Board, his office shall be deemed vacant, 
and the Board may appoint a Member to fill the vacancy 
until the next Annual Meeting, when a Trustee shall be 
elected for the unexpired term. The Board of Trustees 
shall report to the Society at each Annual Meeting. 

Article V. 

There shall be a Committee on Genealogy and Statis- 
tics, to consist of one Member from each County of the 
State, of whom five shall constitute a quorum ; also a 
Committee on Colonial Documents, to consist of five 
Members ; which Committees, with such other Commit- 
tees as may be required, shall be appointed annually by 
the President, who may fill vacancies at any time. All 
Committees shall report to the Society at each Annual 
Meeting. 

Article VI. 

Contributing Members shall pay Five Dollars annually, 
or, upon the payment of h'ifty Dollars at any one time, 
any person, approved by the Board of Trustees, may on 
request become a Life Member, and shall be exempt 



from annual dues; and every Member, who shall have 
paid the annual dues for twenty years successively, shall 
thereafter on request be a Life Member. Failure by 
any Contributing Member to pay his annual dues, for 
three years, or refusal on notice to pay the same, shall 
involve forfeiture of all the privileges of membership, 
and the name of such Member may be erased from the 
List of Members by vote of the Board of Trustees. This 
article shall not apply to or affect any person now a Life 
Member of the Society. Any person may become a 
Patron of the Society by contributing One Thousand 
Dollars to its treasury at anyone time, and his certificate 
as such Patron shall be transferable, but every such trans- 
fer must be approved by the Board of Trustees. 
Patrons shall be entitled to a copy of all publications of 
the Society. 

Article VIL 
The Board of Trustees shall have the full and exclu- 
sive control of all the trust funds derived from donations, 
bequests, and life memberships, and of all other property, 
real and personal, belonging to the Society, and shall have 
the management of all the financial affairs of the So- 
ciety. All donations and bequests of money made to 
this Society shall be held in trust for the uses and pur- 
poses designated by the donors, and no part of the prin- 
cipal sum of any trust fund, or any moneys received from 
Life Memberships, shall ever be used in payment of the 
current annual expenditures of the Society. All moneys 
appropriated by any public body or society, or by any 
person, and intrusted to this Society, or to any of its 
Officers or Committees, shall forthwith be turned over to 
the Treasurer. 



Article VIII. 
The location of the Library and Cabinet of the So- 
ciety shall not at any time be changed, from one muni- 
cipality to another, except by an affirmative vote of two- 
thirds of the Members present at any Meeting of the So- 
ciety ; notice of which proposed change must be given 
in writing to the Board of Trustees or to the Society at 
least two months before action thereon ; and such change 
shall not take effect, unless approved in writing by two 
thirds of the Board of Trustees. 

Article IX. 
This Constitution may be altered or amended by an 
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members present at 
any Meeting of the Society, provided the same shall 
have been proposed in writing to the Board of Trustees 
or to the Society at least two months previous to such 
Meeting ; and such alteration or amendment shall not 
take effect, unless approved in writing by two-thirds of 
the Board of Trustees. 



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BY=LAW5. 

I. The Election of Members shall be by vote of the 
Board of Trustees, to whom all applications and nomi- 
nations for membership and all resignations of member- 
ship shall be referred with power. 

II. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held 
on the last Wednesday in October, at such place and hour 
as the Society, or, on its failure to act, as its Board of 
Trustees may from time to time appoint. Such other 
Meetings may be held as the Board of Trustees may 
appoint, at such times and places as they may designate ; 
at which Meetings, besides the regular business, or social 
exercises, addresses may be delivered and historical 
papers read, before the Society, by persons selected by 
the Board of Trustees. 

III. Fifteen Members of the Society shall constitute 
a quorum, for the transaction of business ; excepting 
when charges against a Trustee or Ofificer are to be dis- 
posed of, or an amendment to the Constitution or By- 
Laws, or a change of location of the Library or Cabinet 
is to be acted on, when fifty must be present. 



IV. At Meetings of the Society, the following shall 
be the Order of Business : 

1. Reading Minutes of last Meeting. 

2. Report of Corresponding Secretary. 

3. Report of Treasurer. 

4. Report of Board of Trustees. 

5. Reports of Committees. 
6 Report of Librarian. 

7. Communications from other Societies. 

8. Miscellaneous Business. 

9. Papers and Addresses. 

This Order of Business may at any time be dispensed 
with or altered by a majority of the Members present 
and voting. 

V. The President, one of the Vice-Presidents, .or 
a Chairman, /^t? tern., shall preside at all Meetings of the 
Society, and shall have a casting vote. The President 
shall appoint all Committees not otherwise provided for; 
and shall exercise and maintain a general supei vision 
over the affairs of the Society, see that its object, as pre- 
scribed by the Constitution, is duly carried out, and take 
an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the 
Society. The V'iceT^residents, in their order, shall, in 
the absence or disability of the President, perform the 
duties of that Officer. 

VI. The Corresponding Secretary shall have the tem- 
porary custody of all letters and communications to the 
Society. He may, at the Meetings, read such letters and 
communications as he may have received, and shall pre- 
pare all letters connected with the business or object of 
the Society, e.xcei)ting such as may be referred to, or 



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may relate to the duties of any Committee. All original 
letters, communications and manuscripts, in possession 
of the Board of Trustees or of any Committee, shall 
be delivered to the Corresponding Secretary, and shall 
be by him forthwith deposited in the Library, copies 
only being retained if necessary. He shall notify all 
Members of their election, and of such other matters as 
he may deem necessary, or be directed to communicate ; 
and shall keep, in suitable books to be provided for the 
purpose, copies of all important letters written on behalf 
of the Society. He shall carefully preserve the originals 
of all letters and other communications he may receive, 
and shall forthwith deposit the same in the Library, re- 
taining copies if necessary. He shall also be the Cor- 
responding Secretary of the Board of Trustees. 

VH. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of 
the Constitution, By-Laws and Records of the Society. 
He shall keep a fair and accurate Record of the Proceed- 
ings of the Society, in a book provided for the purpose, 
the same to be kept in an appointed place in the Library, 
convenient of access by the Board of Trustees or any 
Committee. He shall give notice to the several Officers, 
Board of Trustees, or Committees, of all votes, orders, 
resolves and proceedings of the Society, affecting them, 
or appertaining to their respective duties. He shall also 
send, by mail, a notice of the time and place of each 
Meeting of the Society, two weeks previously, to each 
Life and Contributing Member and Patron. If two 
months' notice has been given of any proposed alteration 
or amendment of the Constitution or By-Laws, or of any 
change of location of the Library or Cabinet of the So- 
ciety, the fact shall be stated in the notice of the Meet- 



ing following the expiration of said two months. He 
shall, after each Meeting of the Society or Board of 
Trustees, forthwith deposit in the Library all papers 
read and copies of addresses delivered before the So- 
ciety, together with the originals of all notices, propo- 
sitions and resolutions, retaining copies if necessary. 
He shall also be the Recording Secretary of the Board 
of Trustees 

VIII. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds 
and securities of the Society ; and, as often as these 
funds shall amount to Twenty Dollars, they shall be de- 
posited in some bank (approved by the Trustees) to the 
credit of the New Jersey Historical Society, and shall be 
drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer, for the pur- 
poses following only. Out of these funds he shall pay 
such sums as may be ordered by the Board of Trustees, 
or by any Committee, from the funds in their care, re- 
spectively He shall keep a true account of the receipts 
and payments, and shall render a monthly statement of 
the same to the Board of Trustees, and an annual state- 
ment to the Society. In case of temporary disability of 
the Treasurer, the Board of Trustees may appoint a 
Treasurer, /rc" tcm. 

IX. It shall be the dut)- of the Board of Trustees to 
recommend plans for promoting its object ; to digest 
and prepare business; to authorize the disbursement and 
expenditure of the annual income and other moneys of 
the Society, or so much thereof as shall be needed for 
the payment of salaries, current expenses, fitting up the 
Library, the ordinary purchase of books, binding, print- 
ing, and other necessary outlays ; but in no case to ex- 
ceed the funds in hand, or to anticipate the income of 



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any one year. They shall have power to employ a Li- 
brarian and such other persons as may be necessary for 
the proper administration of the affairs of the Society, 
and to prescribe their duties and fix their salaries. They 
shall have charge of the arrangement and regulation of 
the Library and Cabinet ; and shall, from time to time, 
examine into the condition of the same, and into the 
state of the finances ; and shall generally superintend the 
interests of the Society, and execute all such duties as 
may from time to time be committed to them. They 
shall keep a record of all their proceedings, and make a 
report at each Annual Meeting of the Society. They 
shall meet statedly for the transaction of business, once at 
least in each month. From their number the President 
shall appoint Committees, annually, of three Members 
each, on Finance, on Library, on Printing, on Member- 
ship, and on Building ; which Committees shall attend to 
the duties delegated to them, and report monthly to the 
Board. At all Meetings of the Board of Trustees, five 
Members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. The President of the Society shall be Presi- 
dent of the Board of Trustees, and the Corresponding 
and Recording Secretaries of the Society shall be respec- 
tively he Corresponding and Recording Secretaries of 
the Board of Trustees. The Recording Secretary shall 
be ex officio a member of the Committee on Printing. 

X. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Genea- 
logy and Statistics to arrange all genealogical and statis- 
tical data in the possession of the Society, and furnish 
information, as far as possible, to all inquirers on such 
subjects. The originals of all letters asking, and copies 
of all letters giving such information, shall be delivered 



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to the Corresponding Secretary, and shall be by him 
forthwith deposited in the Library. 

XI. The following shall be the regulations for the 
use of the Library: 

1. No book or manuscript shall at any time be re- 
moved from the Library, without the written consent of 
the Library Committee. 

2. No manuscript in the Library, nor any paper read 
or address delivered before the Society, and deposited in 
the Library, shall be published, under the auspices of the 
Society, except by direction of the Board of Trustees. 

3. The hours during which the Library shall be open 
shall be determined, from time to time, by the Library 
Committee. 

4. During such hours, any Member of the Society 
may have free access to the Library, to consult any book 
or manuscript, except such as may be prohibited by the 
Board of Trustees, and to make excerpts from the same. 
Any person, not a Member, may obtain the like privilege 
from the Librarian, or upon the recommendation in 
writing of some Member. But no person, not a Member, 
shall be permitted to make excerpts from the manu- 
scripts of the Society, excepting donors or depositors of 
the same, without the consent of the Librarian. 

5. It .«;hall be duty of the Librarian, or the assistant, 
to report to the Library Committee any injury done to 
any book or manuscript, by any person consulting the 
same ; and for such injury, the person doing it shall 
make such compensation as the said Committee shall 
judge proper; and if he is not a Member, the said Com- 
mittee shall have the power to prohibit him from further 



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access to the Library, and to prosecute him publicly if 
they deem it advisable. 

6. The Librarian shall have charge of the Library and 
Cabinet of the Society, subject to the foregoing regula- 
tions, and subject also to the direction of the Library 
Committee. He shall keep a record of all donations and 
accessions to the Library and Cabinet, and report the 
same to the Society at each Annual Meeting. 

XIL These By-Laws may be altered or amended by an 
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members present at 
any Meeting of the Society, provided such alterations or 
amendments shall have been proposed in writing to the 
Board of Trustees or to the Society at least two months 
previous to such Meeting ; and such alteration or amend- 
ment shall not take effect, unless approved in writing by 
two-thirds of the Board of Trustees. 



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To facilitate the operation of the Revision of the Con- 
stitution and By-Laws of the New Jersey Historical So- 
ciety, and to avoid possible complication over the ques- 
tion of the terms of office of the present Officers and 
Members of Committees — 

Resolved, That the next Annual Meeting of the So- 
ciety shall be held on Wednesday, October 27, 1897, at 
the Prudential Building, Newark, at eleven o'clock, A.M. 

Resolved, That at said next Annual Meeting, the said 
Revised Constitution and By-Laws shall take effect at the 
call for Miscellaneous Business, and the election of Trus- 
tees shall then be held. 

Resolved, That the time and place for the first Meet- 
ing of the Trustees elect, within thirty days after such 
Annual Meeting, shall be fixed by the President of the 
Society, and the notices thereof shall be mailed (one' 
week in advance of such first Meeting), to each of the 
Trustees elect, by the Corresponding Secretary. 

Resolved, That upon the assembling of the Trustees 
elect for their first Meeting, all other existing offices and 
all Membership of Committees shall become and be 
vacant. 

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees (when elected) 
may accept, from any person approved by them, a do- 
nation of a share of the capital stock of the Newark Li- 
brary Association, in lieu of the payment of the sum of 
Fifty Dollars as a fee for Life Membership. 

As a proper recognition of those whose patronage has 
been helpful to the Society — 

Resolved, That the names of all persons, who hereto- 
fore at any one time have contributed One Thousand 
Dollars to the Society, shall be enrolled as Patrons. 



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The Committee recommend the printing, with the Re- 
vised Constitution and By Laws, the Act of 1846 incor- 
porating the New Jersey Historical Society, the Act of 
1856 increasing the limit of income, the Act of 1893 
authorizing the extension of its Ch?rter, and the 
Certificate filed for that purpose with the Secretary of 
State, also a list of the Society's Publications, copies of 
which are hereto attached. 

WILLIAM R. WEEKS, Chairman.. 
JONATHAN W. ROBERTS, 
GEORGE S. MOTT, 
RICHARD F. STEVENS, 
JAMES E. HOWELL. 

Dated May 20, 1897. 



The foregoing Report was read at the Meeting of the 
Society, held at the Prudential Building, Newark, May 
2C, 1897, and the Constitution, By-Laws, Resolutions 
and Recommendations were adopted. 



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PUBLICATIONS 

OF THli: 



New Jersey Historical Society, 



Collections— Vols. I-VII, as follows: 

Vol. I. East Jersey Under the Provincial Governments, 
by William A. Whitehead, 8 vo., pp. cV)4-VI-VIII+ 
(11)4-341, with Maps and Plates, 1846. 

Vol. I. — Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 8 vo., 
pp_ (VII)-[-VI-VIII+(,II)+486, with Maps and Plates, 

1875. 

Vol. II.— Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, 
by his Grandson, William Alexander Duer, LL.D., 8 
vo., pp. (IX)+XIV— XV+(II)+X-XII+272, with 
Portrait and Maps, 1847 

Vol. III. — Provincial Courts of New Jersey, by Rich 
ard S. Field, 8 vo., pp. (VIlj+VIII- Xl+(I)+3i i+(I), 
1849. 

Vol. IV.— Papers of Lewis Morris, Governor of New 
Jersey from 1738 to 1746, 8 vo., pp. (V)+VI— VIII+ 
(II1)+XII— XXXII+336, with Portrait, 1852. 

Vol. V."Analytical Index to the Colonial Documents 
of New Jersey, in the State Paper Offices of England, 
compiled by Henry Stevens, edited by William A. White- 
head, 8 vo., pp. (V)-}-VI— XXIX-i-(;iII)-[-504, 1858. 



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Vol. VI. — Records of the Town of Newark, New Jer- 
sey, from its Settlement in 1666 to its incorporation as a 
City in 1836, 8 vo., pp. (V)+V1— X+294, with Map, 
1864. 

Vol VI. — Supplement — Proceedings Commemorative 
of the Settlement of Newark, New Jersey, on its Two 
Hundredth Anniversary, May 17, 1866; with Genealogi- 
cal Notices of the First Settlers of Newark, by Samuel 
H. Congar ; 8 vo., pp. (9)-|-io — 182, 1866. 

Vol. VII. — The Constitution and Government of the 
Province and State of New Jersey, with Biographical 
Sketches of the Governors, from 1776 to 1845, and Remi- 
niscences of the Bench and Bar, by L. Q. C. Elmer, 
LL.D., 8 vo., pp. (V)+IV— V+(II)+VIII-|-(I)+2-6 
+495, 1872. 

New Jersey Archives, Vols. I-XVIII. 

Index to Archives, (Vols. I-X.), in one volume. 

The Proceedings of the Society comprise twenty-two 
octavo volumes, in paper covers, divided into two series, 
the first of ten volumes, the second of twelve volumes. 



